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Parktown is a post-medieval abandoned farmstead, mill and lade situated in Perthshire, Scotland. The site comprises the substantial remains of a farming settlement that functioned during the early modern period before being gradually deserted. The mill and associated lade—the channel directing water to power the mill wheel—indicate this was a productive agricultural holding that exploited local water resources for grain processing, a common feature of rural Perthshire settlements.
The monument is constructed on bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, Middle Cambrian psammite and pelite. These metamorphic rocks, formed from ancient sediments and altered by heat and pressure, provide the underlying geology characteristic of the Highlands. The local stone would have supplied material for building the farmstead structures and the mill infrastructure that remain visible across the site.
Parktown is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9632, recognising its significance as a tangible remnant of post-medieval rural settlement patterns. Abandoned farmsteads like this are important archaeological records of changing agricultural practice, population movement and economic conditions in Scotland's upland regions during the early modern period.
Parktown, abandoned farmstead, mill and lade is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9632. View the official record →
Parktown is a post-medieval abandoned farmstead, mill and lade situated in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9632.
Parktown, abandoned farmstead, mill and lade dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a abandoned farmstead, mill and lade. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Parktown, abandoned farmstead, mill and lade is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM9632.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ballinloan, mill 130m SSW of (0.8 km), Trochrie Castle (1.3 km), Little Trochry, cairn, 150m NW of (1.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Parktown, abandoned farmstead, mill and lade's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Parktown, abandoned farmstead, mill and lade stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.